Example sentences of "[subord] i set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 2 | I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind . |
| 3 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 4 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 5 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 6 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 7 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 9 | As I set out on that Christmas afternoon , I planned to learn as I went along . |
| 10 | But it passed , quicker than any marsh fever , as I set out on my journey to Berlin — and was replaced by emotion , by the accession of innumerable sensitivities , not without their pivotal elements of pain . |
| 11 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 12 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |